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GENERAL ELECTION. To Mimstles, Cimoradrs,'CommirrEss, and Eucroits.---Being anxious ,to give the fullest and most correct account of the Elections throughout the Kingdom, we shall be very thankful to any , ' Gentle man immediately 'interested, too favour us by post or otherwise, with the state y . the Polling, and other matters connected with the Election, in his Town or County. SOMERSET, —lLcti Knit Fitlb Av. T4,poilin g , having ,elomed at fiye.o'claalc, the Sheriff anrionnerd that the numbers were as tallow Dickinson Lethbridge Hunt 1844 1,434. 257 Mr. Hum. addressed the freeholders from the bench. He said, that as no other of the Candidates was previa, he should address them but for a very short time. Whatever might be thought of his pretensionit to represent the County of Somerset, he, for one, • felt perfectly satisfied at the result, of this day's poll. Certainly • never had an election for a great bounty been attended by such a paucity of numbers, on the fifth day's polling, as appeared upon the books on this celebrated occasion, He could easily ac etemt kw the circumstance. His friends came when they pleased, but his opponents' had to encounter all the difficul ties of forcing the inclinations and degrading the spirit of their dependents. _He hail heard of various instances of a remarkable nature, with respect to this system of voting upon compulsion against his cause. Many of the electors, upon inentliming to their employers that they would vote for either of the old Ment hers, provided, they' were allowed to give one vote for Hunt, were told that they had better stay at home. • • A respectable Fanner in the hotly of the Court said, "That is the fad, I knew; of my own kaiowleslge ) several instances of the kind." • Mx. newt' said, the inference to Ins drawn front ihis observa tion was obvious. lie had heard that a far Mer, who held land of Mr. Stuckey, WWI told that, if he voted for Hunt, 1w should not stay much longer on the estate ; and that the manly reply that was given was, " That it Mr. ,Stuckey does not like it, he may farm the estate himself as soon as he picasiN."—(Cheers and clapping of hands.) Stucxr.t.—N'ime him, name him. It is not the fact. 111 E. Iluarr.---." No. I'll out name him. I'll not dm* down the Vengeance of thite jtiokiee upon any poor fellow."---(Cheers.) He regretted that neither of the old Alembere was present, as he had something to say whiult was applicable to their condition.__ He would not take advantage of their absence, but he would, re. peat what he had often said betbre—when they were in the flottse of Commons they totally disregarded the petitions anti prayers of their conStituents. lie meant. nothing disrespectful to either of them personally, but duriiig the whole of the time they repro- Seated that county, they nimt grossly and abominably fltisrepre suited re, anal laughter.),—Never, 'taring his experience and he had closely watched them, had he heard of Mot ocea;titin in' WWII they .had advoCated the interests of the county, or shown the least disposition to benefit any part of the community—(Cries - Of n No, but they advocated their own ;" and laughter . ). Mr. Hu NT. —Yea. It was to that point 'the?: zeal was directed. He congratidated the 'minty upon the t rod humour which now ecemed universally to prevail ; and he also congratulated it upon the preparations which his friends were making for the battle.— (Laughter and chmrs.)—llit freeholders were WvitV beginning to gird on' their swords, and. preparing eekiiest for the contest in which they were to be engageditt 'thee latter end of the next week. —(Laughter.)—lt was the %pt. , . of all the men of independent feeling in the county, that the battle should be decided in the teeth of Mr. Vincent Stecttey,- who, he was glad to see, was present, and OM tlignikl. the 267 voters for Hunt by declaring they had disgraced themselves, and were dishonest men. 9 v/our-.-fro every one else thinka.*(Cheers and laughter.) A Pinner In the body of the Court.-4 don't think in and know hir - O, only by hie odium. • • Howe.—" Look at that man wh o • euntradicti you, Mr. S tr -ekey, by a reference to my public' conduct. It is foOrteen years since that man first favoured ore with his vote at Bristol. I have •no acquaintances with hint, but toe addressed we this morn ing, and told me that hoverer lived at Newport in Wales, and that he crossed the *Ater sod walked titty miles to give an hottest vote for trie....(Llllii )—T h ve was WO MOD y ofilishou 11;4 ty• I should likoto ete any instance of devotion from any • indieidual to either of the other candidates. At all events this proven that my frienda ire not ail rogues. slut Mr. Stuckey has a loop-hole. fro save thentianOther name-opour - deluded- creatures! As to 'esteicity, I would place the meanest ofrosy oilers against Mr.• 'stuckey, without apprehension that the former would sink in the tale ofintellect.—(Laughter.)—Of those who had voted for both of the other candidates I shallsiarntithing. All voters ought to be illOWeiLtkect„:o4 ormaions-uf thickind as •,they.pleased, accord ing to the dictates of their.consciencea, without being insulted or intimidated. Some may think well of me; some may think well of Mr. Dickinson ; some of Sir Thomas Lethbridge; and some may think well -even of Mr. Stuckey.— (Laughter, and hisses, and applause.)...-Let every moan exercise his judgment upon the •COmparbion, and I think that, humble at my m ealtime are, my sense of liberty, my knowledge of the means 'of fully achieving it, anti toy abhoriette,e of thole tyranni cal slaves who are daily endeavouring to shackle it, place me infinitely above my competitors in those qualifications, which it is necessary to pomeen in order to represent the opinions of ten thousand people.".:.-(Loud cheers and biases. )—Mr. Hunt then made an allusion to the conduct of the electors Of Surrey' in throwing out Mr. liolme Sumner. "'That gentleman," said he, "is the prototype of Sir Thomas Lethbridge—the advocate of all the intolerant ae.ii oppressive measures that ever were proposed dur ing his. adjourn in Parliament; the friend of taxation ; the hitter "4 determined foe to every thing calculated to advance the con dition of society. He is gone, gone, gone. Ho is kicked out, my friefids, and I trust that in a few days you will kick out Sir Thomas Lethbridge, in like manner—(Lattgliter, and cries of " Hunt for ever," and hisses. )—Yes, Sumner is gone for ever. The arbitrary and vexatious Magistrate, the rtoolute adversary of those principles which admitted and established the right of all men to worship find in their own way; the stern and Mao lent supporter of those who scouted economy, retrenchment, and reform, is departed beforp the breath of an insulted county. Let this be an example to you." (Cheers and hiseei.) From the Crowd—" Aye, he is gone, and so shall leather broaches....-(Roars of laughter and hisses.) Mr. Hoax..-." Yes, with the blessing of God, leather breeches shall go."—(Continued laughter).—Mr. Hunt then thanked the 250 honest electors who haul polled for him. He had, he said, heard that a joke was to be played off upon him to-day, which he hoped would not be held back. Ile liked to see some spirit of the sort during an election, and could enjoy a ,joke or a squib, whether let off at him or any other of the candidates. The elec tion was getting dull, perhaps as Sir Thomas Lethbridge had ceased to give him 'the opportunity of showing the county a little more of the talents of their old representative; and he hoped that something would be dente to enliven it.—(Here a person in the gallery held ant a dead owl, decorated. with Mr. Hunt's colours, and' said to Mr. Hunt "here you are." This produced much laughtiv).—Mr. Hunt said, that those who had planned the joke either intended him a high compliment, or one very ill read in ancient • history. Th e owl, although an ugly bird, was al ways accounted by the ancients an emblem of wisdom, and he re joiced to see his• colours upon it.—(Cries of "Aye, and it has the white feather in his tail.")—Minerva, carried the image of it upon her hitinwti and certainly would not be much honoured by transfer to either of the other candi dates; whatever might le her feeling with respect' to himself. (Laughter. )—flut perhaps it was designed by a friend who had crept into the enemy's camp to mark the contrast between the contending spirits). But there could be no fear now, unless Mr. Stuckey - wOuld favour the freeholders by giving them a speech..... He concluded a tweed), which was well received in most of its parts by all the meeting, amongst whom we noticed a number of matiYOf wham had come tuna a considerable distance, in order to witness this extrao rdinary contest,. which, it is ad mitted, upon or houb f , has g illed the pride' ref Sir T. Lob. bridge more than any opposition or insult to winch he has ewer been exposed in the Whole course of hiolife, The • election fury, seemed to exist in a var y high i n t h e first daYs . of the co ntest high tel subsided The abatement of thi degrfseo has bin to the mode s d o pu l ta n Un i i i s in a great . meaptre . attribute - . rate and affable conduct of Mr. Ditithern, and to the .admirable skill with which Ma.' Hunt reconotlet Ins most severe huts to the friends of his antagonist. SATnit,DAV.---The Sheriff directed the following to rya . t ema l tur A il se the numbers of the poll - 92 Dickinson LAtithrnigt - .10 . %int AGGREGATZ - NLOWNS thek..o 1,476 ,4ithhritke. 1,824 , }itl W 258 None of the candidate* were present, Mr. Dickinson was here durin g part of the morning ; Sir T. Lethbridge h as riot appeared since Thursday night; and Mr... Hunt left this afternoon for Bristol, to meet a party of fieeholdets there Id compliance With their request. Mr. Oliver HayWard, and Mr. Hunt's two sons, werelia the Cotill-horse; but they said nothing in, the way of thanks. • WESTMORLAND: At length the day so long looked forwatil to by the freeholders of Westmorland ha arrived, and the battle has actually commenced. At an early hour on Thursday morning the bands of the con tending parties paraded the streets, cheered wherever they ap peared by their respective friends. Flags in abundance, blue and yellow, added to the imposing effect iirodileed by the enthusiesm which marked dery rritiVertlelit or expression of ;he Multitude. A's anntsing niectiote is related of Mr. J. 11. Lowther, son of Sir J. Lowther, who, it is said, entered one of the inns where the Yellows have taken up their quarters. He had just returned from Yorkshire where he had been, aiding the ,return of, Messrs. Duneoinbe and Wilt 4. Their coliiiits Were blue, slid he had therehire a blue watch-riband. Upon entering the ism one of the Yellows attempted faicibly to eject hini. Mr. Lowther inaptly asked him, if he kiieW whom he ions ? He replied, that he'iteither it was iliotigh him it; know that he' was a Blue ; and without further ceremony, fairly forced him into the street. At a quarter l;efore eleven o'clock the Sheriff appeared upon the hustings; and in the course of a few minutes the Candidates also presented Thera/644/es. , 116. C. Wit:swathed llestliptil fortild ?dr ithtilbsi of ttoini;• slating Viscount Lowther as a candidate to represent the coiny'of Wettinorland in Parliament.—(Cheers.)—From present appear ances he angured that they would have enough of work to do by and bye—(Cheers from the Blues)—therefore he would not take up any snore of their time in words, but content hi mse lf with merely nolithiating his Lordship.-.4Cireat 'eht.sing flout the Yellows, and some hires from.the,Blties.) Mr. 4. Wmsox then preaented )1'4118(4 to second the,noinina— film', and Was received With Mingled eitlfessiOhN of applaii6 l , and dNitiprobation. Colonel Wasoia, of Dallam Tower, then presented himself to the attention of the freeholders, but found it for time time ex ' tremely difficult to gain a hearing. lie then proposed the Hon. Henry Cecil LoWther mi is. candidate, because he thought him en titled to their support by his fOrnier caidbei, and he felt assured that they would riot then ref Use hint three eheets for Ins 'sicced. ---(Great cheering f'rorn the. Yellows.).--=The Hon. Gentleman then withdretv 'ainidit great cheering: Colonel Ainunx next present e d him se lf to the electors, and said that in seconding the nomination of the Hon. H. Cecil Low ther, as whose friend he had then the honoiir of appearing on the hustings for the third time, lie bad agaid the satisfaction bf ap pealing to hit past conduct—to his ready attention to the local in terests of the county, and to the wishes of his constituents...—. (Applause, and some hissing,) --He would go a step further, and declare, that not only hail he claims upon their gratitude for his past services, but that, in proportion to the attachment which the freehulders here to our venerable and unrivalled Constitution, and to true Protestant principles, in that proportion would they come forward, to return al one of their 'Knights of that shire, by a triumphant majority, hie, esteemed friend, the Hon. Henry Cecil Lowther.—(Great cheering, and hisses from the Blues.) Mr. WYBER4III then came forward, and was received most en thusiastically, by the Blues, and with some Marko Of disapprobation from the YelloNtii. As seen as silence could be obtained, he said that he was sort Y to he kgaiii called upon to oppose the return of the sitting Members, but he tilt it to be his bounden duty to pro pose Henry Brougham as one of the Knights of the Shire for the representation of the county of Vestmorland in Parliament.— (Much cheering front the Blues.)—They might depend upon it that the name of Henry Brougham was as well known in the Courts of the Holy Alliance as in the yellow corridors of Lowther Castle, and he could also assure 'them, that it was just as unpopular in the one place as in the other.—((teat lattgliter.)He wan ready to admit that the result of the contest ought not tb depend impost the personal merits of the Candidates. He was ready, for the sake of argument, to admit that Lord Lowther was a wiser Min and a deeper politician than Henry Brougham. lie to ould also admit that the Honourable Colonel Losisther was possessed of deeper erinlition, and that in the art of speaking he 41 far surpassed Henry Brougham as he did the person who had then the honour to address. them--(Cheers, laughter, and hisses.)—Still, if all this were the cue, Henry Brougham ought to he the object of their choice for plain russon—he'esune •trr than iVettlitrriltitatoi 1840Ii*-• holders of the county. (Here there was considerable impatience intrnitested by the people.) .- fitspatcOvad,tluit some of them 'were in abed }Minim', and he would endeavour to put theta into a good onei by an anecdote which he'would relate to . them. At that elec tion a friend of his composed a song. He was a wicked wsig—a very wicked wag. He .hall forgotten all of the song. except •the burthen, but, that was so applicable to , the present occasion that he would give' it to them— " Iforuin seornm, meahroomorum; Harem se.arunii all oh - Tag rag from 'Whiteliaweti, - Collietu in and, quorum. • • Hic hoc horum, wide ter poll,. oh !" • _ _ (A great deal of laughter followed the repetition of these lines. )- 1-le would conclude, by recommending the freeholders of West mioland, if they wished to presert'e their own honour and the honour of their county—if they wished to keep the two branches of the legislature distinct from each other, and if they wished to pCeserve the independence of the House of Commons, to support hie Hon. Friend Mr. Henry Brougham....-(Cheers.) ,Mr. CltiCKP347lloßri then stood forward to second the nomi nation of his Hon. Friend, me. Brougham. He regretted that the duty of doing so devolved upon himself, and he the more sin. cerely regretted it because it had so devolved upon him in come pience of an accident which happened to Mr. Wakefield, to which alone his absence was to be attributed, end which he was sure the meeting would lament as deeply as he did himself. —(Cheers. Hon. Gentleman then withdrew amidst great cheering from the Blues. Lord LownrEn then came forward, amidst very general Cheer ing. As soon as it had in some measure subsided, ,be said that bC had experienced the favour and confidence of the freeholders of Westmorland in three successive elections, and he felt no sort of diitrust that that favour and that confidence would not then be renewed.--(Cheery.)—He would then waive all declaration as to his public principles, which had so often before been discussed, and which were already so well known to the freeholders.— (Ch e ers.)—He felt extremely proud of the support which he had giien to the gentlemen who ruled the nation, because of the splen did talents which many, and the strict integrity which all of them pnimessed,—(Cheers.—All their measures were prompted with a view to promote the honour, the prosperity, and the character of the country.—(Cheers.)—He should have so many opportunities of addressing them in the course of next week, or the week after that, that he would detain them no longer.-.-(Cheers and laugh. ter.).—He telt perfectly confident in the zeal of his friends; and although, as upon a former occasion, the show of hands might be against him, that should not deter him from going to the poll, knowing, as he did, that he possessed, if not their hands, at least their hearts.--(Cheers)..-and he felt quite assured they would re turn the Lowthers again as their Representativein Parliament, The Noble Lord then withdrew, amidst loud cheers. Mr. WYBERGI.I rose to explain; but so great was the noise, and the incessant 'cries of " Spoke, spoke !" " The Colonel, the Colonel !" that we could not catch a single egable of what he said. Colonel LowTunt then came forward, amidst loud cheers and some tokens of disapprobation. He said, that being once more norninated as a candidate for the honour of representing the county in Parliament, he for the fourth time offered himself to their notice.—(Cheers.)—lt hail been said that the third Candi date would have the majority of the resident freeholders in his favour, but that would very shortly he seen.—(Hear!)--He would detain them no longer than to thank those who had given him their support and assistance. He had also to observe, that the independent Candidate (Mr. Brougham) was already in Par. liatnent, and what more did he want? But they might have perceive that he was not satisfied with kicking up a dust in West morland, but he must go the Land's' End and have a turn at them there.—(Great laughter.)--Whether their old Representatives were at the bead of the poll to-day or to-morrow was of little importance; he only entreated that they would adhere to their prommes, and they might feel confident of success.--(Much cheering.) Mr. ilitouo Nam then metre forward, amidst great applause.— As soon as we could hear him, he proceeded as follows had been Wit by the gallant Colonel that lie was already returned to Parliament, and he had been asked why he wanted any - thing more? 'to this he would reply, that in fact he wanted nothing for hirnselF.—(Cheers.)—lt was not to advocate his own interests stake .in th e p resenesaniao that he then a n d there-eame fin-ward—be had no more interest at county.—(Clreat than the humblest freeholder in the , •heeriog.).-11, however, the gallant Colonel wanted to know what m ore h e wanted, he would tell hint, at the same time that he told them, though they already knew it, that he wanted to see the county 01 Westmorland' independent. (Cheese and hisser.)---Ile wanted. to am an end put to the domi. nation ,Of the Lord-Lieutenant, by Which one man , a p etr , a place.. man , an d a pensioner, is enabled to name two persons from his own (wilily to represent the county in Parliriment.—(Cheers.)— They had heard from Mr. C. Wilson that" his (Me. Wilsim's) friends were likely 'ld have work enough upon their lia4ita, , and in truth Work enough they would have; for he should not fie deal ing candidly with hill opponents if he did not tell them, that if they hid not enough cif this time, they should the next time.. - if not enough of work then, (hey should have enough an other day.—(Cheere, and cries of "heal; hear I." from the Yellows.)—He fully'expeeted that the justice of nig , cause and their oivn exertions would:give them the victory then, htit if they ft third tittle,' they still would renew the combat-.he Blue cause would he funglit nntil,it triumphed.—(Cheers and hisses. )_...He hoped, however, that it, would not he necessary to come there a fourth time, and he called upon the Blues, to effect thesictory now, and to show the gallant Colonel, thatin spite of their No Popery, their parsons, their tax-gatherers, and tollect oit AIM attornies, and, placemen and pensioners, the honest Grey Coats of WesinitAind, them gentry or not, were determined to oppose his father, ail& his grasp the independence of the county of Westmorland. The heti. Gentleman then with drew amidst very general cheering. The Sheriff then put tl:e names of the candidates respiecriery to a sho* bf hands, and declared the election to have fallen on the Hon. Henry Cecil Lowther and Henry Brougham, Eq. A roil wag, immediately demanded, by Lord Lowther, and it cbes 'that the polling would commence at two o'clock and close at four.' A few minutes, however, after the tiTlirig 61%11'ot:iced, Mr. Brougham objected to the manner in which it weicairied oni Prior to the commencement of the polling a call had heettiriade by the people for Mr. Curwen to speak, and he did at last conte forWatd, acid spoke for a few minutes. The noise was so great, Pirt it yeas impossible to hear him. We understood him, from the little N4 , e - d TWA, tts say, that bewail there in sup port of the cause of independence, nit in support of any par ticular individual; and that if Mr. Brongliiiii here to seek to iinpose his father or his brother upon the coutifi the sane manner as was done by the Lord Lieutenant, he should i4dmagit the Ant td oppose him. The Hon. Gentleman, after a few Ma r i olisettations, withdrew amidst vary great acclamations. AVottr o'clock the Sheriff announced the state of the poll to he as follow. Lord Lowther - 16 t Mr. Brougham - Cul. Lowther - - 9 I The candidates were not upon the huitings when tit: eate of - 6 the poll was announced, but they appeared in about halt' an hour afterwards, and severally addressed the freeholders. • Lord Lawn= said, that it was only at that moment that he heard fitat the state of the poll had been declared already; but he had to return hit ahinfet thanks to his friends for having, few as were the numbers who had toted, placed him at the head of the peih . ft Colonel Loirieri then said that the result of the day's poll was to humbug him. It wait one of the most unjust thins that' had ever been done by any person. Their tricks, however, stowed their weakness: They wished to bring up the time bad votes at they had npoh the list, oiTason ; and of course they toad not be expected to remain quiet, while they (Lord Lowther and himself)' had a due number of persons to examini into those votes and to quash them. Mr. Brougham had stated that he had a majority of the resident freeholders at the last election. Sucitivas not the case. They should see to-morrow what course he meant to' take, but they were prepared for him in any way. They were not fe be frightened.,-(" Oh ! wait till Saturday," from a person in the crowd. )--:They would stick to the poll to the last, and he hoped their friends would exert themselves to keep them at the head of it.-:: (Cheers. BadutittaSt, oh prestigihg himself, Was received with three cheers. He said that he felt U*. *Cry difficult, if it was at all necessary, to answer what had been iulvanced by both of the Candidates who had preceded him, because he did not hear a great deal of what had fallen front one, and not a word of what "tell from the other.—(A laugh.)---This, however, was . not alto gether their fault, but rather that of the people, with whom he • haAl a "crow to pluck" in consequence, for he had a great curio sity to hear what they could say, if the assembled freeholders would only let hint. With respect to the poll, he had made no great ph:Tress that day, but 'he hoped that the Blues would do better to-morrow; and by that time to-morrow evening, when he came to return them thanks, he expected to be enabled to con gratulate them upon the great progress he should by that time have made. The lion. Gentleman then retired amidst great 'Cheering, after which the people quietly dispersed. AMongst the persons preeent, we noticed on the hustings Lord Pollington, Sir 'James Graham; Sir Philip plus rave, Mr. shall, son i$ Mt. maysissitt Ataski.shaattstbt lion: Mr. Beckett, cud Mr. Wordsw orth the po4t , with several other persons pne *lining influence; in' the county. The Counsel ingiged are, for the towthers, Mr. I larrison, Mr. Holt, Mr. Raincock, and Mr. Jefcott ; and fot Mr. Broughitn, Mr. Wxn Brougham and Mr. Alderson. Fumy (SEcosn DAY.) The polling rcconanunced this morning at nine o'clock, and continued with oneiderable brisk nes. !there is.a booth allotted to each ward, and as the freeholdere.approached in more than or dinary numbers towands'anyof these booths, they were 'loudly cheered by .their reipective partisans.' The.binds of both parties are continually parading, the, atreets ; and it is, by the way, not a little singular, that they haye very little distinction in their mu whatever there may be in their Colours. Amongst the airs which are indiactimluately played by: faith, Hearts of Oak"-»" Will you come to the Bower%-:" The downfall of Paris." An additional number of weavers from C:arlisle entered the town last night and this morning, and it has been said that there has been sornethin like a battle, in whichthe colours of the YelloWe had been turn. I have .eeen moat of those colours since then, however, and they bear no marks of violence about them. Indeed, although there •is a great apparent enthusiasm displayed on both sidee, yet there-appears to be no symptoms of hostilities, except Where the combatants have become inebriated. Since writing the above I have witnessed two or three Skir mishes, which, threatened something like serious consequences.— Attacks were made by the. Blues upon the Yellow baud and their colours, three of which I understand have been torn to pieces. A short time pritik to the hour of declaring the poll, the Yellow hands had quitted the streets, and a great number of the Bluei marched through them, with sticks and bludgeons in their bands, and afterwards escorted the Blue band to the Committee-room, near the hustings. Nothing serious, however, happened, and both bands were subsequently ordered in by the respective Com mittees. Some time before the Sheriff appeared an the hustings to de clare the poll, an old man, '74 years of age, addressed the electora at some length in favour of the Blues, but we were unable, owing to. the noise, to catch any thing of what he said. Immediately after he had retired, Lord Molyueux wee observed by the people, and called upon to come forward and address the freeholders. Lord MoLystrux then presented himself; but the noise still con tinuing, we could hear Lot little of what he said. He was glad, he said, to find that he was not altogether a stranger in the county of. Westmorland, in the independencfrof which he felt the deepest interest, having twice before been present at the struggles for its achievement,—(Cheers.) --The Noble Lord, after making some further observations which we were unable to hear, adverted to the No Popery cry which had been raised in the county, and which was unworthy altogether of the liberal character and feelings of the people of England.—(Great cheering.)—He lived in a county where he was surrounded, by Catholics, and from person a l obser vation and experience, he could declare, that better or more amiable men were not in existence, nor men who were sincerer friends or better neighbours--(Great cheering.) --He sincerely hoped that he would not have to come again to witness another struggle for the independence of Weattntichuni—he hoped they. would accomplish it upon that occasion, and overthrow that su premacy which was not c on t en t with its domination in Westmore land and Cumberland, b ut Whi c h sou ht to extend it se lf a l so to Lativashire.—(lmmense cheering.)—They had heard ever y d a y the speeches of the Noble Lord and of the Honourable Colonel, and it was for them to Nay whether either of those Gentlemen were so eligible asyr. Brougham to represent them in . Parliament, I —(Cries of " we will have Brougham" from the crowd.)—H e then thanked them for the hearing they had given him, and with drew amidst very general cheers. The Sheriff' now appeared upon the hustings, and declared the state of that day's poll to be, for Lord Lowther 270 Total, 280 Colonel LoWther 261. 270 Mr. Brorigham 239 245 Lord Lossinza then came forward amidst mingled cheers and marks. of disapprob a ti on , and said that they had now heard the result of mat day's poll, and he b e gged -to present to them his most cordial th an k * f or t h e s i tuat i on in Which th ey h ad placed hint.—(Cheers and hisses.) Ile was glad that the -Jammu which they had r ec ei ve d yesterday, an d - w hi c h co u ld not f ail to betray the unpopularity of the other candidate; had operated to that can didate's dileilvaritage; . for Many persona whose votes were before very doubtful had that .4nY given them to him.— (Cheers and hisses.)-4f lie had cherished expectations before the commencement of the contest, he moat confess that his hopes were thew redoubled; and be now felt confident that the only chance of their failure would be from o ver,monfidetree.. He Would therefore entreat his friends not to relyx. in their: exertions, but consider how small the numbers were who 1,44 as yet voted, and to set accordingly.—(Cheers and hisses.) --- He bad just heard a long speech from a noblaord from Laneishire, but he could not pos sibly conceive what it hail to do with the result of the pall. An appeal.had been made to them last night, and, in mister to that appeal, ha 'Woad just say, that he was not an enemy - to civil and religious liberty. He believed th at religious toleration was en joyed to a greater extent in Engine ! than in any other nation ; and; if there was any exception, it \ was only against those per ilous wha held a divided allegiance b etw'een the King of those realms and a foreign Power.,—(Clieers.)--.-He again begged to thank those who bad honoured him try their voice. --(Great clamour.)--He was sure that the freehold! Ts were well inclined to hini.--(lncreased clamour.)--And he wan afraid that those who we re making such a clamorous opposition to him at the moment, thld not belong to that class of the comsat lity.--(Cheers, hisses, passionately exc lairned " All through the infamous, harangues of Mr. Wood, he • set the mob on—base c,owardice ! " Cries of " fal ei"—tt villains," &c.--tremendous uproar.,..tt ad journ, adjou:rn" —" call in the military." In the mean time, Captain Barrie, , whose feelings were evidently roused to the highest pitch of exciter wet, swung himself abont and roared out in such a way, that so me of his friends got about him under the impres sion that he -n mull absolutely jump from his box to Wreak ven geance on Mr. , Wood, on whotti he fixed his eyes with the fiercest expression. TheCaptai , o's hands were held for a moment, he bit his lips, •!.. tramped, threw himself about, and at last, striking vehemently t bre tiront of his box, , said " D—n ! that ws can't be at 'em. " Captain Colquitt and Or. Crompton's voices were now heard above the xst . Captair t 100 tQuinto—What right hare you to be here? Dr. C col;--.As good a right as you hare. Ca P t ` ii ,n CW:Qurrr—l have seen your infamous face on the Dr. t . iurroN—And I have seen your infamous,faee before , hustingswhen y, .111, 17F .0re. life at i „aa, cas ator e l r u (ai a lu e d ri in in g inal to a c t ap th ta e incoi bar—when g plicatedri .1 a fatal duel.) Bamut—Silence !—l'll not permit you to speak. . 1 " * . 1 M oll then proceeded, but C a pt a i n B arr i e 's Agents refused 46 take ej y part in the proceedings. t for the ' . FAITHFUI.—I understand, Si r , th a t y ou have gen the., .ry—l again, on the p ar t o f M r . C o bb ett , p r otest agai nst P r ? ince. uitesPhuavilitno;dbeeforny?unur- and laughter.) Colonel Lowrnea then reidressed the freeholders, and thanked them support said, owin g syllable gt, the tremendous clamour which was kept up the sYbole time that he %Yu speaking- Mr. Baourstra.it then presented .himself at the front of the bus fin that ha thet he tinge, and Was loudly cheered. He I:` o Pelit he said, the freeholders would allow him to keep his hat on, N vh4a he addressed to them The few observations he %Fes about to •nit:ce.—[The sun had tie'en shining all the day with tremendous pores:, and was at that mottent more intensely hot than I have ever' It'Werienced in the whole coarse of my life.) He would not do it if it gave offence to any one.' (Crier of "Put- it on.") Some of those gentlemen, (pointing to the Yellows,) be believed had an objection, and as he wished to pin them in good humour he would keep i t ox 'T. The cries of " Put on your hat," here became more general, an d Mr. Btoughath accordingly complied, and spoke with his hat on. He said that he was exceedingly surprised, uport taking into consider ation all tie circumstances, that his opponent had got so trifling e majority, • only till a head on that day's pall. (Cheers). He I should not have been•serprised if he had been three or four tunes ' ' that number a head. in the first piece some of his (Mr. Brou g - barn's friends from the eastward hart gone away laot night, under the ' impression that there were enough left to fill that booth for that day, and they had not comeback again. That, however,'svould not have Signified, if his adversaries had not had recourse to the same mean' ', to ClatnOire him down as those would do if they could wli wet re sending' that yell from that corner of •the Meeting (pointing; U ~ , body of the Vt4ToWs). They had tried to clamour him dows • , s i x , year ago- = aye, gitt4 tight years ago also ; but on both ocmiaione they sustained the worst ()fit before it was over. (Cheers and laugh ter ). In the Kendal ward, where' they knew his strength was gee ,test, !hey made the most frivolous objeeticrne time after time, an I sent a vast /cumber round to the Assegor's booth,(hear, hear!)- -and, of all these Objections be believed that not more than half a dozen had been allowed.--,(6heers. )—.llis opponents were always re agry at the proceedings of the Vrase-Sheriff and his Asseuor. Nowt e could prove to the Meeting that he had no reason to he angry wit , h those gentlemen. Those officers were the same .as at the last I lection. He would read to them the report of the Assessor at the I act elec tion, by which their impartiality would be clearly demo) istrated. He would quote the number of votes oi_jected by both pm lies, and they might then see whether that gentle Van was partial . They (Lord Lowther and his brother) had obje cted to 176 't otos ;he (Mr. Brougham) objected to 173. The Asoessor decide d against 27 of his (Mr. IL's) votes, while he rejected only 16 • of theirs. Thus it appeared that this partial assessor, whoa . e partial ity was, it was said, in favour of the Blues, had decided ag. unst tl inn in a majority of no len than eleven cases.—(Great eh eerini ;.)—This he thought was positive proof of the impartiality b of that most !earned and upright o ffi tter.—(Cheers.)—He had heart-1 at little of what had fallen from the Noble Lord, but still enoug h 1 lad reach ed hint for him to know that it was all about the old work of Chn:ch and State, and No Popery.—(Cheers, and a I augh.)— It a pp ea spzl that the Noble Lord could not get the Poi _'e out of (From the Worcester Herald). civil and his head.—(A. laugh.)--.He said that he was a Mend to The return of George Richard Robinson, Esq. as one. of the religious liberty, but he. (Mr. Brougham) would 14 .. th!"..in Representatives of this city, was commemorated on Tuesday last, at e io les what manner. he was A (dent: to it. ,He would let the l -' ' by a dinner at the Hop-pole Hotel, at which upwards of one bun have religious liberty, but at the' same time he would fa _ k - care drell gentlemen What w ere present, Mr. Alderman Ballard presiding. to subject them to civil disquaL'4cations.--(Cheers.)- rata m to Mr. Robinson also honoured the company with his presence. The would they think if a servant--and he had known servo cloth onea cloth withdrawn, Non Nolds Donau was given with pleasing give a vote; and on the last occasion there; and on the la y, effect by the professional gentlemen present. Then followed the of the contest, a servant bad voted—if a s7ervant , en Ii ' toasts of—" Our benevolent and gracious King"—" The Duke of man, were to . ask his master for permission to' d i n g vote scam ,uld York, and better health to him, —" Duke of Clarence and the to his conscience, what would they think if the master I h 4 . rest of the Royal Family,"—" The Army and Navy,"—" His say, " Oh, by all means; God forbid that I should p"Tevent ya " , r Majesty's Mini s t ers ,"— a ll o f w hi c h h av i ng b een rec eived and acting conscientiously, and giving your vote accordini; to you drank with enthusiasm, belief; but mark, if you vote for the Blues—sa most lika."4' the The CHA IRMAN o b serve d, t h ey were assem bl e d t o co mmemorate honest fellow would .-- I will discharge you to-morrow morrovtg." the return of Mr. Robinson as one of the members of this city. The (Immense laughter.)—That was the sort of religious libeNty , same of R o bi nson would i n future b e a " tower o f strengib" in the which the Noble. Lord would allow to his fellow-subjects w1:40 el ty of Worcester, and he should without further preface conclude bed the rnieforktine iii differ with him in Weft religious tenets, by , oropiiaing the health of that gentleman , and .-1,li ve to may ..11 long The lion. Cientleman then entreated that they would preserve eniti, • the M II i , nrtent and honourable station he had now obtained' their temper, and refrain from any breach of the peace, whirl' The tt. act was drank with tl • • three,loude st ii , eo times succeeded by the could not fail to give their enemies a decided advantage over them, at +clams, tiaras, cud wl Lich having subsided and must inevitably lead to his defeat. lie then withdrew amidst 1 \lr. .110inwsou rose—No words; at his loud cheers, and the people quietly retired. command were vie nnte •to express the gratitude and prid e w hi c h were. f alt , b y. him at' that .. moment, an d the: flattering manner in which his health had bet w proposed told drank. It was a few days ago only, when the succ, stsful result of tthe contest they had been engaged in.' nn" posed or , 'aim the pleasii ig duty of thanking the freemen fog' the honours w Lich that rest &conferred on him ; and gratified as be felt then, i. t was not le is a course of satisfaction to .him now , to find himself Thrroundet Iby so many respectable individuals, because he held it as , t proof tl sat his conduct bad thus far bad their ap proval, and he' hoped and trusted it would king he his good for tune to have tl an tam! i• friends attached to his cause. The worthy chairman ,in P ming his health, had . spoke in commenda tion of his (Mi % r d.'s) conduct during the election, and he • derived much pi ide, in learning that it was deenied deserving of being so spot ten .. o f. To his opponents he felt indebted for the h a i ih tsome manne, • in which they had conducted themselves towards hi m ; i cid the goo dto raper and proper feeling displayed on all sides. even who the co nfli, It was at its highest, was most creditable to all parties. With ree l sect to Mr. Griffiths, and the opposition he had experienco fri on . him, he begged it to be understood that in his breast it Ind not Ii ft the smallest particle of ill-will towards that gentlemau, but he. considered it necessary to advert shortly t o , the remark i n his (Mr. G.'s) last address, that he had " ex torte " from his worthy tempt titors th e acknowledgment that he he come forward earlier Isis , i Auccess would have been certain. A s far as regarded himself, be ( 311 '. R.) disclaimed ever having made any such " acknowledgmea t," whateVer he might have thought ; thus much, however, he was ild confess that he bad seen sufficient of Mr. Griffiths to be aware that he would be, to whomsoever opposed, a formidable comp 'titer at ' all times. Mr' B. then alluded to an observation a ttributecl to hi m i n the report of his speech given in our last Herald, viz. th at be era' most happy in calling the 131 atilt Colonel his colleague.:7, This, Mr. R. said, was cer t a i n l a misrepresentation of what r from bins, but an excusable a y e from the hurry in whichT report was necessarily gi ven . Wh a the said at that part of Wog dross, the sentence in queation referes dto was, that in the further-. ante of any meas ure s i n w hi c h hi s cm istituents could be ben efited he should be ha ppy to co-Operate with the Gallant Colonel with whom the freemen had been pleased toa "wine' or appoint him al their repreeentatiVe. To speak of Whit t his intentions were so a Member of P ar li ament would be sup 'vfluous, as it was In" by - professions th e y cou ld estimate retie, thee they bad chosen worthily or unw or thil y . H e was most , prowl iii becoming' member of the Legislature and that midi ' was increased . frog' the circumstances ( an d w i d e r t no other won Id he have accepted it) under which he had attained the distinct ion ; unfettered as he rs;d b was by any pledges wh atsoever. It was the. duel ' o f e lectoenr l f t to ascertain the principles of those who son ht tli,eir " mi l e* the practice of exacting from Members o f ' Parlia.ment proe: o to r pledges to a certain line of conduct degrad id their high "" • 1 7, a mere farce. A man so,sbackled must go •to the . House, mindhis made up to a certain course, and, howeve 1 . in th e diaconal vs hich the subj ec t may g i ve rise to, he may i 'Panne wnvine t' e ae that that cour se i s ' t h e wrong one still, havi, tg regard to - pied ge he had g i ven his constituents, and in the fear of' dis pleasing them, he supports it ! ' As he had bet lire declared, h e was no art for Ober .-r man; party , spirit, the mere ate tiggle . . and power, in which the pUblie benefit was ne ter considertos; was the bane of the country. When it existed, Min i ! te ti e se maintain their seats, were comilelled to the erre tion An 11.-- ,, places and extravagant . pensions, to the exhaustion of t he pt.,- venue, and then, if castes!, those who succeeded there w • --- obliged to adopt the same system. In the . es prent AdatinietrV tion of the country, however, h e saw not this spirit; 5ite 1v .,..,, 5.4 composed of men of enlarged ideas, and whose measures! g?" 7,,, along with the public opinion, rendered it unnecessary fee - ti le "; to have recourse to the same corrupt means to retain their ph* re ," for these reasons he shoulilgive this Administration his suFP:I; Looking at the members forming it individually, there ware • • Canning, the Seexetary for Foreign Affairs, than whom ' it° British Minister withi n hi s reco llection ever stood higher in th' e , public esteem, and most !unitedly so. His conduct with mire s ,' to the South American PeoVinces, and, indeed, as reps . & : the relation. o f t hi s k i ngdom abroad, was suc h as to entitle bin to the lasting gratitude .of his country. With respect to On ' Colonial Department, the ftinc:tious of which were directed by Lord Bathurst and Mr. Wilmot Horton, his (I,llr. R.'a) con' nexions and commercial habits brought frequently this branch of the Government under his notice„ and ,be wouta safely' say that the two individuals lie had mentioned Were ever on the alert, and in the exercise of their best endeavour*, to promote the welfare of the Colonies therniervee, and to render them al serviceable as possible to the mother country. Of Mr. Peel too much could not be said. His improvement of the Jury system, and his revision and amendment of the Criminal Laws, were 111 t 111141.140 4 4, totin t ' ient.t° claiin for him the esteem and tluinksof everyllritiSh alShieet• As to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it was true he did not reduce the Ir. CORBETT, through his agents, made a series of attempts to get possession of the door, but the Gr ee n pa r ty were too powerful 7 -the bludgeon men acted in th e mos t d e t erm ined manner and ould permit no elector to come i n th a t was no t prepared to give vote for Wood as well as fo r C o bb e tt. Th e B a r r i e ites are charged with attempting to corrupt th e G r e ens d ur i ng th e n i g ht, with mak ing overtures to Mr. Cobb e tt's party, and even to some of the ; more active of the. bludg eon m en , t o g i ve t h e i r ass ist a nce, either openly or by connivance, sho u ld th ey ( t h e Bl ues ,) ne xt morning make an effort to get into th e di s p u t e d b ox . Th e l a tt er were fur , ther charged with having inv e i g l e d d ur i ng t h e e i g h t , a number of those bludgeon men into an ale-house of the Barrie party; and one man said be saw them, after having been swilled with liquor, wine as well as ale; collect together all the empty ale pots, in the middle of the floor, and dente round them, exclaiming, "This ie the way we serve a Tory." At all events, so early as five o'clock in the morning, several hundreds of these Greens took their sta tions at the contested door. The result of their exertions was manifested on the opening of the Court—for Mr: Cobbett's box was exclusively in possession of the Woodites. About half past ten o'clock a" party of the First Dragoon Guards dished into the street, gallopping and flourishing their swords.-- Captain Polhill, by the way, a nephew to the candidate of that name who contested the late Southwark election, commanded the party of dragoons. They stopped and formed in front of Mr. Cobbett's door, and kept that position for some time. By de grees some of the fugitives slowly returned, and vented their wrath in coarse expressions against the soldiers. The women assailed them with every sort of offensive epithet; but Officer and men behaved with excellent temper and forbearance. SATURDAT.—State of the poll at half-past two :--- Stanley - - - 2367 1 Barrie Wood - - - 1538 Cobbett - - 1340 - - - 860 DINNER TO MR. ROBINSON. NORTHUMBERLAND.,--Atuwtet, FRIDAY. The numbers at the dole of the poll to-day, were— Mr. Liddell -69 b I Lord Howick 535 Mr. Bell - 608 Mr. Beaumont - 526 Mr. LIDDELL said he had again the honour of addressing them first, and it would be hypocrisy in him if he were to attempt to disguise that his increasing majorities filled him with the highest hopes that the proud day would come when the independence of the freeholders of the county would be finally established. Mr. BELL said, though he was not first, it must be allowed be had the next best place. He regretted that many of the freeholders seemed more attached to certain houses at, Alnwick than to the polling booths. Lord Howicx then came forward. Though his situation on the poll was the same as on the former days, still his confidence in the result was undiminished, and he was only astonished that he stood so well on the poll when he heard the means that had been resorted to to prevent his friends from voting for him. —( Hisses and cheers. )—Even some of the freeholders were canvassed on a repre sentation that he had resigned.—(Shame, shame.)—Many of his friends were thus prevented from polling ; but this would not be so when these assertions were found to be untrue, and next week he would occupy that situation on the poll which he looked forward to with confidence. Mr. Brattmottr said, if Mr. Liddell's majority Was made up by his splits, nobody would suppose him weak enough to contri bute to raise Mr. Liddell without an adequate return; but unfor tunately he was the 'last on the poll. But with regard to his situation on the poll, there was an old saying, "the more haste the worse speed.' There was also another, " the more slow the more sure," and he was only slow that he might be doubly sure. The reason he was so low was, that many.of his voters, not hav ing enjoyed a dip for a long time, went down to the sea to have a bathe. This was throwing cold water on the subject with a yen geance.—(Laughter).—llowever, they would be much lighter and cleaner to-morrow. Mr. Ltmarti, said he had already declared he would not enter into a coalition, anti it was nnnecesaary for him again to repeat the same declaration, and if the' Noble Lord knew the enthusium with which he had been received at Hexham, he could not have been surprised at their having split their votes upon him. Lord Howtct said, when be canvassed them they told him Mr. Beaumont had their first vote, and' . they would also be guided by him in the disposal of their second : this, perhips, might be an evasion, but so they told him. 441,uwica, Just 24.—0 n the conclusion of the poll to-day, (the sth day,) the numbers stood as follows: Hon. It T. Liddell 939 IT. W. litesurnont, Esq. 670 AI. Bell, Esq. - 817 I Lord Howick . . . . it is i mpass ible (says a letter from Newcastle-upon-Tyne) to describe, the bustle and animation in that town, in consequence of the Northumberland election. Freeholders are incessantly arriv ing from all parts; they are of course forwarded without delay to the scene of action (Alnwick). Though at present only third on the poll, bets are still made with confidence that Thomas Went worth Beaumont, Esq. (the independen! candidate), will be one of the returned Members. , PRESTON-FRIDAY MORNING. otrn b a ta t hned coo acemunt dingthtoe foraevtenhethhutitagills:e ftiuceirot;sgikatiirrm.rielvvedbe.. Before proceeding to give an tive of the occurrences which took place on the hustings. It is outside the Court, it . will be more convenient to prese ntfcoorebbitahtten,abiruourna-r. sca A rc t el n y in n e ecas o : lo r c y k to the sta l;a:y pe Before the eocfhoeepdensiveitgh the soCeundst4ofthteumeuvletn.uee leading in his father's booth, and addressed' the Mayor. stood up ~_ 'who At this moment two bailing, b had been out, and in at- Town Clerk proceeded to t em pti ng to approach. Mr . . (Al hetes door received some vio lence, rushed from behind into the Mayor's box, accompanied by Mr.. Swainson, of Cap tain Barries Co mm i ttee. , The: Mayor's Bailiff...:-Mr.- Mayor, ..Mr. Mayor, I never saw such an infuriated mob in my life—they are breaking in, we shall b e a n killed.--111.not stop here to be killed. Mr. Swan:Tow (the blood pouring from his tnouth)—Theres there, I said how it would he---it is all Wood', mob. Dr. Caostrrox—False ! False ! Mr. Wood has no . mob.— (Great uproar.) Captain B#SAII and his friends now loudly ebarged Mr. Wood and his party with hiring those bludgetin-men—and they as stoutly denied it. Amidst a discordant tumult of voides, the coarsest re proaches were here , he4trd passing between .the two , pa rties -1 ti mi ' r auloug—villanours--aet of scoundrels—shame, shame." Captain Cowl/rt.; leaning across towards Mr. Wood's box,